Tag Archives: Democratic Party

Divisions inside political parties and easy ways for candidates to raise money are among the reasons why.

Women have made remarkable strides in politics but a Hillary Clinton White House would still have to contend with continuing sexism against women in public life.

Seventy-one percent of elected officials in the US are men. Nine in 10 are white, even though people of color are more than 37% of the population. And indeed, there is ample evidence that white voter bias has stood in the way of racial/ethnic minority candidates. Also the reason for fewer racial and ethnic elected officials winning office is that we have few racial and ethnic minority candidates running for office.

New York politics is still, in many ways, an “Old Boys Club.” Not only has a woman never served as governor, but there has also never been a female mayor of New York City — the two most powerful positions in the state. Zephyr Teachout is hoping to make history by being the first woman elected governor in New York.